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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Secretary here again--this whole thread is very degrading. "I wish I could leave my high-powered, highly-paid, high-responsibility job so I can just sit at the front desk smiling and drooling, and not have a care in the world." Maybe I should become a housekeeper, a nanny or mow lawns--those people seem so happy and carefree!

Ugh.[/quote]

I guess it depends on the specific job. I worked as a secretary/receptionist for a year or so after college, and truly it was a very low-stress position. And I did sometimes think back on it wistfully when I was in more stressful jobs over the years. Now I've downgeared to a lower-stress, mommy-track job in my field (which has it's own advantages and disadvantages) and I wouldn't want to be a receptionist again (mostly because of the low pay and low respect, frankly).

I know that career-track administrative positions in fast-paced, stressful companies could certainly be stressful too. But I don't think that's what the folks on this thread are thinking of in their "jump-out-of-the-rat-race" fantasies.[/quote]

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